Has anyone else noticed this?š
Hey hey lovely people,
Iām suspected of having MS, and the NHS has fobbed me off for years claiming āMigrainesā or the most recent explanation being itās psychological and not physiological. Iāve lost faith in them if Iām honest, hence Iām about to go into debt for private diagnosis and possibly treatmentš„ŗ
That aside, has anyone else developed another autoimmune condition while dealing with MS? Iāve developed vitiligo. I would say out of the blue, but I really donāt know when I started changing colour. My partner pointed it out. before that I thought I was just dealing with the usual MS symptoms.
Is the development of vitiligo somehow related to possibly having MS, as theyāre both autoimmune diseases?
Iām still trying to come to terms with the unpredictability of my symptoms, and new ones just seem to sprout every so often.
Most forms of autoimmune disease are associated with MS. With vitiligo the link isnāt strong but itās there. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11314208/ Hopefully you can see the article above. If you get diagnosed privately via an MRI and LP, you will qualify for treatment on the NHS. Paying for it yourself even for the cheapest āeffectiveā form (eg. tecfidera)would set you back 10 grand a year-ish. But youāll need a positive MRI and possibly a lumbar puncture as well to get a diagnosis, even privately. Hope you get the answers youāre looking for.
@mellowmedusa 10k?! I choose suffering in that caseš thank you for the advice, Iām going to start the private referral process for diagnosis tomorrowš„°